Intellectual Property
Judge closes courtroom for final arguments in Synamedia-DIRECTV dispute
By Skyler Romero
U.S. District Judge George H. Wu sealed closing arguments in a multimillion-dollar trade secrets and contract dispute, citing ...
Insurance
Judge certifies class in suit over auto insurance premiums
By Alicia Alvarez
A San Francisco judge certified a class accusing four affiliated auto insurers of overcharging good drivers, rejecting defense...
Torts/Personal Injury
Judge tosses baby food autism claims after excluding expert testimony
By Daniel Schrager
U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley granted summary judgment to seven baby food manufacturers, finding plaintiffs lack...
Torts/Personal Injury
Judge questions Lyft's reliance on 2017 safety ruling in sexual assault litigation
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge questioned whether a nine-year-old regulatory decision shields Lyft from negligence claims brought by passenge...
Civil Procedure
Edison, SoCalGas clash over gas shutoffs during Eaton Fire
By Devon Belcher
Edison accuses SoCalGas of delaying discovery into its Eaton Fire response, while the gas utility says Edison has failed to id...
Justice Monique Langhorne Wilson, a former Napa County trial judge, has written opinions on murder resentencing, whistleblower...
Scott's sanctions opinion warns lawyers they are 'not mere mouthpieces'
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Nathan R. Scott of the 4th District, Division 3, who co-chairs the Orange County Bar Association's civility task force...
Immigration
Attorney General Rob Bonta alleges federal immigration arrests at state courthouses have frightened witnesses, derailed crimin...
A federal magistrate judge ruled that prosecutors cannot automatically review confidential communications between two develope...
Intellectual Property
OpenAI accuses Apple of similar trade secret theft as judge weighs injunction
By Daniel Schrager
A federal judge indicated he is likely to grant Apple an injunction in its trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, but questione...
Intellectual Property
Apple challenges record patent award as jury guesswork
By Craig Anderson
Apple argues that a San Diego jury's $5.7 billion patent infringement award to Taction Technology was unsupported by damages e...
Real Estate/Development
Judge reconsiders grounds for denying Chiquita Canyon's $11.6 million refund
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge questioned his tentative rejection of Chiquita Canyon's $11.6 million landfill fee refund claim after atto...
Twice, the California Supreme Court has unanimously adopted 3rd District Justice Jonathan Renner's reasoning. The former legal...
New 4th District Presiding Justice Joanne Motoike, whose dissents were twice vindicated by the state Supreme Court, faces rete...
Jenner & Block adds former Northern District national security chief
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
Helen Gilbert, who led national security and cyber prosecutions in San Francisco, joins Jenner & Block after more than a d...
Constitutional Law
9th Circuit orders injunction against California law requiring federal agents to display identification
By Craig Anderson
The appeals court ruled that California cannot require federal law enforcement officers to display their agency and badge numb...
Torts/Personal Injury, Civil Procedure
Judge narrows Edison liability in Palisades Fire litigation
By Skyler Romero
A Los Angeles judge dismissed inverse condemnation and punitive damages claims against Southern California Edison while allowi...
Immigration
Judge preliminarily approves settlement in Adelanto detainees' chemical exposure case
By Skyler Romero
The agreement involving more than 2,700 immigration detainees includes confidential payments to six plaintiffs and a declarati...
Data Privacy
Children seek share of OpenAI equity in data privacy class action
By Devon Belcher
A proposed class action accuses OpenAI of collecting children's sensitive information through ChatGPT without valid parental c...
Class Action
GoPro accused of keeping tariff refunds after raising consumer prices
By Alicia Alvarez
A proposed class action accuses GoPro of raising prices to offset $20 million in tariffs, then retaining the benefit of refund...
GKN Aerospace agrees to $125M settlement over Garden Grove chemical emergency
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The proposed settlement would compensate thousands of residents displaced by a five-day evacuation, reimburse emergency respon...
Government
Nossaman partner's travel expenses draw scrutiny in high-speed rail spending probe
By Malcolm Maclachlan
An inspector general's report found the California High-Speed Rail Authority paid $127,300 in travel expenses and travel time ...
Business Law
Jury awards $9.4M in pandemic-era medical glove fraud case
By Skyler Romero
A Los Angeles County jury found a Wyoming logistics company and its managing member liable for fraud in a $9.5 million medical...
Technology
Businessman accuses Meta of elder abuse over suspended Facebook account
By Devon Belcher
A 68-year-old businessman claims Meta's automated systems wrongfully canceled his longtime Facebook account, costing him busin...
Smiley's rulings trace limits of law from flagpoles to criminal courts
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Charles A. Smiley III has ruled on flag displays, criminal sentencing and probation conditions since joining the 1st D...
Justice Stone reversed murder conviction after judge advised prosecutors
By Laurinda Keys
Justice Natalie Stone reversed a murder conviction over a judge's efforts to aid prosecutors and has written on rent control, ...
Justice Shama Mesiwala, a former 3rd District research attorney, has written on prison credits, tribal child welfare and crimi...
Martinez's eviction ruling reaches high court ahead of retention vote
By Laurinda Keys
Presiding Justice Gonzalo C. Martinez, Jr., whose L.A. eviction ruling is before the California Supreme Court, has written opi...
Los Angeles judge rejects Roblox's bid to reconsider arbitration denial in child's videogame addiction lawsuit
By Devon Belcher
A Los Angeles judge rejected Roblox's renewed arbitration bid in a child's videogame addiction lawsuit, finding that an accoun...
Class Action
Google, UPS sued over alleged data sharing through package tracking tool
By Craig Anderson
A proposed class action accuses Google and UPS of secretly sharing consumers' browsing activity, location information and othe...